Gulf of Mexico

Epic card · No. 6937

The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the southeast by Cuba. The Gulf of Mexico basin is roughly oval and is about 810 nautical miles (1,500 kilometers; 930 miles) wide. Its floor consists of sedimentary rocks and recent sediments. It is connected to part of the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Florida between the U.S. and Cuba, and with the Caribbean Sea via the Yucatán Channel between Mexico and Cuba. The Gulf of Mexico has relatively narrow connections to the Atlantic Ocean, which causes only very small tidal ranges to occur. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico also contributes to weather across the United States, including severe weather in Tornado...

Read on Wikipedia · Image NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information., Public domain